**Haiku-ists: I swear I’ve written one. If you want to skip my letter to my daughter, you’ll find the poem… Read more Illumination–On the Occasion That Valentine’s Day is Fast Approaching
Category: Sex and Relationships
Behind Every Great Woman–On the Occasion that You Find Yourself with a Feminist
Dear Lily June, If you decide you do not want or need a partner in this life, honey, I shall… Read more Behind Every Great Woman–On the Occasion that You Find Yourself with a Feminist
Why I Love Your Father–On the Occasion that You’re Having a Merry, Little Christmas
Dear Lily June, Many moons ago, back when your father and I were still just engaged but not yet married,… Read more Why I Love Your Father–On the Occasion that You’re Having a Merry, Little Christmas
The Talk, Part 14 of 10,000–On the Occasion that You Ask About How I Met Your Father
Dear Lily June, Once upon a time, I fell in lust with my first. When we broke up, I fell… Read more The Talk, Part 14 of 10,000–On the Occasion that You Ask About How I Met Your Father
Picking Out Curtains–On the Occasion that the World is Not Such a Beautiful Place
Dear Lily June, Recently, your father and I celebrated our sixth year of marriage to each other. It was a… Read more Picking Out Curtains–On the Occasion that the World is Not Such a Beautiful Place
The Talk, Part 13 of 10,000–In Which I Ask You To Do As I Say, Not as I Posed
Dear Lily June, Somewhere out there is a photo of me. I hate to be blunt, but I don’t believe… Read more The Talk, Part 13 of 10,000–In Which I Ask You To Do As I Say, Not as I Posed
Wrinkles & Grays–In Which We Get Older Everyday
Dear Lily June, The other day, I got into an argument with a co-worker. There is a TV in the… Read more Wrinkles & Grays–In Which We Get Older Everyday
Be Our Guest–In Which Good Things Come in Short Letters from Linda & Penny
Dear Lily June, I stalked off into Southern autumn once to follow the poet Joel Brouwer. He’d written Centuries, a… Read more Be Our Guest–In Which Good Things Come in Short Letters from Linda & Penny
The Cruelest Month–In Which I Vent While Awaiting May’s Flowers
Dear Lily June, [First and foremost, dear daughter, don’t even read this letter, okay? Your mother just had to–or just… Read more The Cruelest Month–In Which I Vent While Awaiting May’s Flowers
The Sorriest–In Which I Echo Apologies
Dear Lily June, The other day in my office, a newly installed closet door came off its hinge and was… Read more The Sorriest–In Which I Echo Apologies
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